Johnson gives Congressional Gold Medal to late Nuremberg prosecutor during Holocaust remembrance ceremony

Commerce secretary, congressional leaders commemorate Yom HaShoah on Capitol Hill

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, congressional leaders, newly appointed U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Board Chair Jeff Miller and others spoke alongside Holocaust survivors on Capitol Hill on Tuesday at the U.S.’ annual commemoration of Yom HaShoah. At the event, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other lawmakers presented a congressional gold medal — Congress’ highest honor — to the family of Benjamin Ferencz, the youngest of the U.S. pro…

Nuremberg prosecutor posthumously awarded Congressional Gold Medal

“We must all commit to crushing antisemitism, burying it in the ground and making sure that it never rises again,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.

Johnson gives Congressional Gold Medal to late Nuremberg prosecutor

U.S. Congress honors Nazi prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz, of Delray Beach, with posthumous Gold Medal

Benjamin Berell Ferencz, a Delray Beach resident who died in 2023, was the chief prosecutor in the trial of the Einsatzgruppen, the Nazi shooting squads that murdered more than a million Jews, Roma, Communists and Soviet citizens.

Speaker Johnson honors Holocaust victims and Nuremberg prosecutor at Capitol ceremony

WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson delivered remarks Tuesday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance in the U.S. Capitol. During the ceremony, Johnson presented the Congressional Gold Medal to the family of Benjamin Ferencz.

Johnson gives Congressional Gold Medal to late Nuremberg prosecutor during Holocaust remembrance ceremony

Ben Ferencz, the youngest prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his courage and servant leadership.